Archive for 'Business'
Microsoft losing its primary entry point. Developers!
Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
As I have blogged before, Windows mobile has never really been a true business phone. It seems like I am not alone. Windows mobile is really losing ground. With Android and iPhone on the shelves, and most developers developing for these platform it is simply a matter of time before Microsoft is history on phones. Microsoft Calling. [...]
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The Odds Are Increasing That Microsoft’s Business Will Collapse
Posted on 26. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
As scary as this may sound, I kind of have the same opinion. Microsoft is simply trying hard to cash in on their successes. I do not see major innovation coming from them. They may have a huge research & development, but most of the new technologies are coming from Apple and Google. Apple is [...]
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Red Hat’s CEO: Clouds can become the mother of all lock-ins | Cloud Computing - InfoWorld
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
Is it only my feeling or is it that all business leaders those are not offering Cloud are commenting against cloud. Although what’s said is common sense, still I do not understand why businesses fail to see these simple issues. Red Hat’s CEO: Clouds can become the mother of all lock-ins Cloud architecture has to be defined [...]
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World’s nastiest trojan fools AV software
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Once again on Microsoft Platform: One of the world’s nastiest password-stealing trojans evades detection by the majority PCs running anti-virus programs, according to a study that examined 10,000 machines. Zeus, a stealthy piece of malware that sits on a PC and waits for users to log in to bank websites, is detected just 23 per cent of [...]
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Nokia just doesn’t get it - Open letter to Nokia E-71 Support
Posted on 14. Aug, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When Nokia releases a Business Phone, what exactly do they mean by Business Phone? Does it means a business person can use the phone? Or does it really means it has all the features typically needed by Business person? I think it’s more of the former than latter. That’s why my recently purchases Nokia E71 keeps [...]
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PC Invader Costs Kentucky County $415,000
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Increasingly Windows users are seeing attacks that are more sophisticated and using techniques unheard before. These attacks continuously point out to a single aspect of windows. And they say it out LOUD. Windows is NOT secure. Period. Then why don’t people get it? PC Invader Costs Ky. County $415,000 Cyber criminals based in Ukraine stole $415,000 from the coffers [...]
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Hot! - London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform
Posted on 04. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When massive infrastructure relies on non-linux/non-unix, this should be expected. Although windows is good for quick upstart, major infrastructure simply cannot rely on it. Here’s what computerworld wrote: Anyone who was ever fool enough to believe that Microsoft software was good enough to be used for a mission-critical operation had their face slapped this September when the [...]
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The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software
Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Yet another Microsoft Issue that is often hidden from those who purchase Microsoft only products and infrastructure. The TCO is not only upfront investment. It should also be lost productivity, time and money is cleaning someone else’s mess. “Detractors of free software like to point out it’s not really ‘free,’ and claim that its Total Cost [...]
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German Foreign Ministry: Cost of Open Source desktop maintenance is by far the lowest
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
According to German Foreign ministry: ‘Cost of Open Source desktop maintenance is by far the lowest’ Open source desktops are far cheaper to maintain than proprietary desktop configurations, says Rolf Schuster, a diplomat at the German Embassy in Madrid and the former head of IT at the Foreign Ministry. Schuster was one of the participants in a [...]
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10 Reasons to purchase New Hardware during Recession
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by surendersharma.
Actually there may be many more, but here’s a short list: #1: Equipment still wears out As bad as an economic recession becomes, one fact doesn’t change. Power supplies, hard disks, motherboards, displays, and other components still fail. The laws of physics don’t rest just because the economy is in turmoil. Electrical surges still occur, mechanical failures [...]